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Senator • Slier man's Speech.
Senator Sherman's speech delivered
f i in the Senate last week will attract wide
</;?. attention and both parties will give
great weight to the exposition by the
-veteran statesman and finanoier of the
situation and his views as to what ought
to be done to relieve it.
js® fie points out clearly, the truth, that
our recent troubles cannot , properly be
' f all chftrged to the law bearing his
x name, but he favors repeal because he
^ believes such action will help bring the
desired relief. He shows that free coin-
- age ufeans silver monometallism and
V can mean nothing else, and urges that
the Secretary of the Treasury should
_ ^ be authorized to sell bonds to secure
gold whenever necessary to maintain
the parity between the two money met­als.
It is a. strong speech, in refresh­ing
contrast for its clear, plain, com*
mon sense presentment of the case
with the woefully muddled spouting we
i have had from the mere politicians.
," More Clips from the World.
. The New York World certainly breaks
all records for a party organ. Its
methods of supporting President Cleve­land
and his administration are cer­tainly
peculiar and bewildering. Mon­day's
paper-has such quie ting '•*?. con*
fidence inspiring sentiments as these :
> The danger is now imminent. The
' available cash in the Treasury is fast
disappearing. If Congress does not
provide ways and means for increasing
the revenues the Treasury must default.
Expenditures are increasing and rev­enues
fire falling off.
The problem before Congress is not
to discover the responsibility but to
work "out a remedy. According to the
present rate of otitgo and income, ex­penditures
for the current fiscal year
will amount to $426,000,0001 while the
receipts wtfll.beonly $330,000;000.
}r;The MtuR^onf is v^ry sferious.
* It is now in order for Benjamin Har­rison
to express an opinion on the
President's management of the popu­lar
end of the "wild team."
- *
Lessons of Labor Day.
.. Although the army of the unem­ployed
is distressingly large, the toil­ing
masses who yesterday celebrated
Labor Day have,: despite present con­ditions,
much reason for hope and faith
in the certainty of returning prosperity
to thiB great and powerful nation.
There is a hopeful significance in this
very holiday. Labor Day is the token
of a wider recognition of the identity
of interest which Exists between the
workmaii and his employer. It is a
day dedicated by law fo the cause of
the toiler, whose rights and privileges
are year by year attaining to a higher-respect
and ai broader dignity in the
affairs of the world.
The progress made by the cause of
American labor in recent years is a
most significant and encouraging sign
of the times. This is conspicuously
shown in. the legislation designed to
remedy the grievances, protect, the
rights and advance the condition of
wage earners. Every year laws have
been passed "for that purpose. Labor
Day itself signalizes the State's recog­nition
of the dignity of labor and the
advance of the cause in popular senti­ment
and sympathy.
It should never be forgotten that
theee are the achievements of law abid­ing
demand.
During the last few months the whole
American people' have had av painful
experience. We have felt both poor
and depressed. The agpnies \yhich
business men have endured v&rold
moisten the-eyes of angels; with pity.
Scores of brave souls with families de-
||;, ' pendent on them have fought with the
- courage of a forlorn hope. Daughters,
f" v hurled from the drawing room to pov-
. erty, sons taken from" college and high
prospects, are not matters to be looked
fifv % upon with indifference, iw.enty years
Si of successful business, toppling o& the
edge of the chasm! The careful? sav-
"k ings of a lifetime blown away like a
& niiBt in a whirlwind. And the same is
true of the wage earners. They want
bread, but there can be no bread with-out
work. A mill shut down is like an
, avalanche that buries them. There
may be-money enough somewhere, but
Illfil money hid away is moti&y lost. When
., the rich hold on to their cash the poor
1 .. must suffer. '
" Despite all this, our country is yet
I: rich and powerful, and no deserving
, law abiding son or daughter of toil
need suffer for food. There are many
hopeful omens of brighter days to come
already gilding the ^businew horizon.
Take courage all. /, <
TERSE TALES OF THE T'MES.
The weather on Labor Diay, was " as
rare as a day in June." V i
Mrs. William Sheehan is very sick as
is also Mrs. James D. Shea. ,
Frost was visible in the lowlands
about town, early Sunday morning
%;i—Hale's Cordial 25c., cures all bowel
troubles.' " - * . t 33tf ,
The September term of the Court of
Common Pleas opened in Bridgeport,
to-day. ,
The pablio schools re-opened to-day,
and may the good Lord watch over and
p r o t e c t t h e t e a c h e r s . j ' y
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Par trie of Jersey
City Heights, are in town, the guests of
Mr. Partric's parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Perrin and
child of New York city are guests of
Mrs. Stiles Curtis on the Green.. ,
The gate prizes of the Labor-day
picnic will be announced after the
meeting of the picnic committee.
George Lockwood, on Saturday, paid
a fine of $2 and costs for an assault on
Chester Lamar, at Wilson Point.
William H. Olmstead proposes erect­ing
a two-story frame house on Main
street, adjoining the Frank H. Beers
place. . '
Hon. John S. and Mrs. Seymour had
the genial Col.. Osborn of the New
Haven Register^ as their guest on the
-3rd inst. ^ ;
Builder S. B. Wilson left for Chicago
and the World's Fair to-day. His busi­ness,
during his absence, is in charge
of his son. ' f
Mrs. C. A. French, of Fort Edward,
N. Y., is visiting her daughter Miss Eva
L. French, at the Piatt residence on
Maple street. .
.Deputy Sheriff Toner has subpoenaed
John F. Darrow and William H. Saun­ders
for jury, duty before the Court of
Common Pleas.
Connecticut pensions : Additional—
James Fenton, Cheshire, New Haven.
Original widows, etc.—Martha A. Ham,
Bockville, Tolland.
President Henry Sanford of Adams
Express Co., expects to leave his
Bridgeport home to-morrow for a tour
of Europe, with his family. - /
A box for the reception of the Press
World's Fair ballots intended for Com­rade
William A. Kellogg has been
placed in the post office lobby.
There are thousands who go daily
without food. Bemember there are
10,000 hungry people suffering at the
very second of time your eye runs
down this column.
Among the cases assigned for trial be­fore
the present term of the Court of
Common Pleas is that of the State vs.
Andrew Haley, State vs. William Law-lor
and State vs. Mrs. Mary Silk.
William B. Knight and Miss Pe$rl A.
Lloyd,were married inZanesville, Wis.,
on Monday, Aug. 28th. The bride is
the' eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin C. Lloyd, formerly of Norwalk.
One of the noble old maples which
has shaded the M. E. Church so many
years from the hot rays of summer s
rising sunsj was cut down yesterday,
close to the ground, because of decay.
Mrs. Charlotte C. Ferry and daugh­ter
Miss Mary of Washington D. C. who
have been sojourning at Pigeon Cove
and are now at Pittsfield, Mass, expect
to reach Norwalk the latter part of the
present week and will be guests at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. O. C.
Betts on the Green.
Th^ smile is gone from the childish face, tnd the glee from the childish heart,
nd their steps lag, oh so wearily, ^
All because the schools their v
Faii .
* Campaign
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Start.
Mrs. .George B. St. John has returned
from her prolonged visit to Washing­ton,
in grand old Litchfield County.
Among the other delights of her so­journ
there was that of listening to ser­mons
again from her friend and for­mer
pastor, Bev. Edward Anderson,
who was also spending his vacation
there with Mrs. Anderson, and who we
regret to learn is very much out of
health. , '
—Lamb chops, 15e, People's Market.
V 680 tf
There was a five dollar fire on Main
street,Saturday afternoon. Dick Mitch­ell
stood in front of the Norwalk Fur­niture
store, talking with Dr. Wendell.
He had an umbrella in his hand. Feel­ing
an unusual warmth about his hand
he glanced down and saw a flame of
fire shooting up the handle of the um­brella,
but too late to save it. How it
caught fire is a mystery that "Dick"
has not solved. - -
The board of Fairfield County direc­tors
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
met in Bridgeport, on Sunday. Mr.
Lynch of Stamford, was elected county
treasurer, John J. O'Neil, secretary,
and John Kelly, T. J. Byrnes and Mr.
Sullivan of Danbury finance commit­tee.
The delegates from South Nor­walk
were: John F. Burke, Timothy
Maher, James H. Magner, John L.­Kelly
and Dennis O'Brien, and from
Norwalk,. Timothy J. Byrnes, P, A.
Murphy, P. B. Kavanagh, Mr. Carney
and John H. Gormley. . : j ^
The Alpha Wheel olub will hold a
regular meeting to-night.
—Oysters, jn every style, at James
M Creagh's, 8 Main street, u-g 684-tf
The Fairfield County Tennis tourney
opens at Bridgeport, to-day. .
A wheel of one of Partrick's sprink­ling
carts came off on Wall street this
morning. : ^ :
The life of the venerable Capt. Isaac
Selleck continues to "as gently fade
away as a departing rainbow's ray."
Lovers of *' cake tha t is cake ""Will
find it to their interest to visit the
Graoe churoh guild room to-morrow af­ternoon.'
; . • - . •
John Slatte'ry was fined $5 and costs,
this morning for an assanlt on Louis
Gasello, the Main street "peanuter and
bananaer." ,
Officer George Northrop will leave
for a week's visit with his brother
Charles Northrop at North Pownal,
"Vermont.
—The ladies of Grace Church Guild
will hold a Cake Sale in the Guild room
Wednesday afternoon, Sept., 6th, from
4 until 6 o'clock.
A horse and buggy was found at the
Fair Grounds after the picnic, Monday
night. It was placed in Lockwood's
stables for safe keeping..
Alfred Mills was arrested Monday on
the charge of burglary committed in
Winnipauk, some time since. He will
be given a hearing this evening.
Ponassus Council, Royal Arcanum,
No. 1268, will meet at the O.. U. A. M.
hall, to-night. Members of the South
Norwalk lodge will be present. _
The registrars of the First voting dis­trict
will be in session at the office of
C. B. Coolidge on Thursday afternoon
Sept. 23d from 2 until 2 o'clock, for the
purpose of revising the voting list of
that district. .
Thomas Halloran fell out of a wagon
at Broad River, Saturday evening, and
struck his head on a stone. He was
.brought to a store on Main street,
where it was found that he had sustain­ed
a serious cut on his head. He was
transferred to the hospital where the
wound was dressed by Dr. Gregory.
Dr. Lorenzo N. Phinney left this
morning for Washington, to attend the
Pan-American Medical Congress now
in session there. An interesting fea­ture
of theiSSngress will be the meet­ing
of medical officers of the Union
and Confederate service who served
during the late war. Dr. Phinney en­tered
the service as assistant surgeon
to the 193rd Regiment of New York
Volunteers, and the last year of the
war was surgeon-in-chief of the Dis­trict
of the Shenandoah.
As Suns Last Night.
A passer by at the door of last night's
meeting of the Court of Burgesses re­ports
having heard sung, in tones at
onoe pathetio and melodious, the old
refrain:
" Oh, Billy, we have misied you," etc.
Repabliean Gains In JTrance.
LONDON, Sept. 5.—A dispatch from Paris
to the Central News says that in the second
ballots in France yesterday 141 Republicans,
11 "Rallied" and 8 Conservatives were'
elected. The Republicans gttiiied 20 Kent.*
Held For Uxm'iclde.
BROOKLYN, Sept. 5.—Patrick Mc.Gee, a
truckman, 38 years of of 371 Knicker­bocker
avenue, William; burg, was held
without bail to answer a charge of homi­cide
in' the Ewen street police court today,
The wife of the defendant, Bridget, 25
years old, diod in St. Catlierinc-'s hospital
ye^terdiy morning from injuries which
she sfti.1 had been inflicted by her husband.
I'artholdf, the Sculptor,
NEW YORK, Sept. 5.—M. B&r;lioldi, on
the invitation of Mr. A. B. de Freece, vis«
ited some newspaper offices today. A ser­enade
was given by Mr. de Freece to M.
Bartboldi at the Hotel Martin-just before
midnight tonight. "La Marseillaise" and
other appropriate airs were rendered by the
Ninth Regiment band of 80 pieces. *
A Circus Man's Victim.
WHEELING, Sept. 5.—-Policeman George
Murphy of Martin's Ferry, O., -who was
shot Friday evening in the riot with circus
men at that place, died from the effect of
his wounds at 2:30 o'clock this morning.
William Wilson, who fired the fatal shot,
is in jail at Martin's Ferry.
An Aged Fill more Dead.
BUFFALO, Sept. 5.—Mrs. Lavinia Fill­more,
probably the oldest resident of New
York state, died yesterday in the town of
Clarence, this county, aged 106 years. She
was the wife of the clergyman who officii
ated at the hanging of the three Thayersin
this city in 1825, and her husband was a rel­ative
of President Fillmore.
Hoping Against Hope.
NEW YORK, Sept. 5.—Nothing has been
heard of the Alvo, the missing steamer of
the Atlas line, which runs to the West In­dies.
Today is the nineteenth day out for
the ship, and she ought to have made her
voyage in six days. The agents here<offi-cially
say that they still hope to hear favor­ably
from the Alvo.
. , - Emin Fasha Is Dead. ^ < •
LONDON, Sept. 5.—The Rev. Mr. Swann, a
missionary who has just returned from
Ujiji, on the east shore of Lake Tangan-yika,
bays that it is impossible to doubt
honestly that Emin Pasha is dead.$
^ Mills Starting Ufi. . . •*' ^
PROVIDENCE, Sept. 5.—^The Carolina mills
of Carolina, R. I., started this morning aft­er
a shutdown of two weeks.
• * Wt'tJT'J' Tbm Weather, - -
Fair, preceded by light showers; southerly
winds, x/#. . .
Murder In Rldgefield.
An Italian known as Johann No. 2
shot and fatally injured a young boy in
Bidgefield about 6 o'clock Sunday even­ing.
Johann escaped and a constable
from that town was in Norwalk on
Monday looking for him. He is des­cribed
as being five feet eleven inches
tall and has a dark,moustache and scar
across the chin.
USE DANA'S SARSAPARILLA,IT'S
"THE KIND THAT CURES."
Conspicuous by His Absence.
Surprise is everywhere, expressed
that Burgess William McMullen failed
to attend the meeting of the Court of
Burgesses last night! He, of all others,
was especially selected, elected and re­lied
upon, to sit as a watch-dog on the
lid of the Borough treasury, and now
he has failed us, and no one will ever
know how much the tax-payers of the
Borough were pillaged, robbed and
plunderod last night, during honest
Billy's absence, if _
; .y Creditable Advancement.
Civil Engineer lLouis Seymour, a
brother of U. S. Patent Commissioner
Seymour,who has for several years been
professionally engaged in the rich dia­mond
fields of southern Africa, hasjust
accepted the higher position of Con­sulting
Engineer; in association with
the eminent engineer Hamilton Smith,
of London, for the De Beers Diamond
Mining Co. of South Africa. Mr. Sey­mour's
headquarters will hereafter be
in London,.
USE DANA'S SARSAPARILLAJT'S
'THE KIND THAT CURES."
Who Are the Lucky Ones?
The drawings for the tiokets to the
World's J?air, offered by E. J. Wad-hams
of the. People's Market, took
place on Saturday night. At the South
Norwalk Market, editor Golden, of the
Sentinel, supervised the drawing. The
tickets were placed in a bag and thor­oughly
shaken, after which a young
Miss, who . was in the store, drew out
No. 11,149. At the Norwalk Market
the same method was observed, and
Willie Ranch drew out No. 15,683. The
lucky holders of these numbers are re­quested
to present their coupons to Mr.
Wadhams as soon as possible. .
Resisted the Officers.:
Fred. Anderson, a colored fellow, was
arrested Monday afternoon on the
charge of angault, drunkenness and
breach of the peace. He was taken be­fore
Justice Austin who fined him $5
and costs, which was paid. While in
the police station Anderson resisted the
officers and in the Ruffle a large , pane
of glass was knocked out; He was re­arrested
on the charge of resisting the
officers, and this morning Justice Aus­tin
fined him $7 and costs and sentenced
him to twenty days in jail. He also
sentenced him to thirty days in jail for
contempt, but Anderson promised to sin
no more and the justice kindly with­drew
the last sentence. . x : s-i
~ -.-Winding Up. - 4
' Winding up the Summer Season is
the latest report from the D. M. Read
Company.
Our readers all know what that means
in the big Dr^Goods Store of Read's.
At this season of the year they always
have a lot of Summer Goods that must
be disposed of in some way, shape or
manner. They Don't believe in pack­ing
them away iu boxes for a "more
convenient season" but much prefer
the public to have them and the idea of
profit is entirely out of the question.
To have these goods forever removed
and they get a little money for them is
what they desire.
Take a stroll through any of their
many departments and make a few in­quiries
about prices.
You will be agreeably surprised. • f
USE DANA'S SARSAPARILLAJT'S
' 'THE KIND THAT CURES."
She Loved Her Wheelman. *
Says a Bridgeport press dispatch:
Miss Augusta Downs and Mr. George
W. Burgess, two well-known young
people, Sunday announced, greatly to
rthe surprise of their friends, that they
were wedded and had been since last
Thursday evening. ' Mr. Burgess is a
prominent wheelman and the young
lady is well known in society, circles.
She has loved Burgess for some time,
but-her parents objected to him, and
recently she left home and went to live
with an aunt. Last Thursday evening
she went riding With Mr. Burgess.
They visited Norwalk, and when they
left there on the return trip they were
man and wife. The announcement of
the marriage has caused something of a
sensation. The young lady's parents
refuse to forgive her.
USE DANA'S SARSAPARILLAJT'S
! THE KIND THAT CURES." ,
Drowned. •
On Sunday last Henry Abbott, who
lived near the Five Corners, in com-pany
with William Ferris and John
Porter drove tQ Greats Marsh. Arriv­ing
at their destination the party de­cided
to have a swim in what is known
as the canal at that point. Abbott had
swam across the canal and was return­ing
when he was seen by his compan­ions
to suddenly sink and not rise
again. An alarm was given and Ber­nard
Callaghan, of New York, who was
visiting friends in that vicinity, went
to the rescue. He was accompanied by
his son and nephew, the latter of whom
dived down in the water from a boa't
and succeeded in bringing the body of
Abbott to the surface, and then towed
it ashore. The coroner was summoned
and gave a verdict of accidental drown­ing.
The remains were taken charge
of by Selectman Raymond and after­wards
placed in Raymond & Sons'
morgue. Deoeased leaves a wife and
children. 'He was a son of Potter Ab­bott
Who died a few weeks since.' .
St;* '' ^
A BOLD THIEF.
A Woman Assaulted on the Wilson
; . • Point Road. ~ * *
The Villain Escapes After Striking
Her In the Faoe. ym-;
A woman giving her name as Mrs.
Payne and residence Five Mile River,
complained to Chief Vollmer at South
Norwalk this morning that While com­ing
up the Wilson Point road about 8
o'clock she was passed by a seedy look­ing
man, who after passing turned and
followed her. She saw hiin coming and
endeavored to hide a gold watch she
wore, but before she could do so he
was beside her. She then started to
run and he gave her a push knocking
her down, and before she could scream
he placed his hand over her mouth. In
the struggle she got free and yelled for
help. The villian then struck her a
stinging blow in the face and made his
escape into the woods near by.
Mrs. Payne described her assailant
as a dark complexioned man about 5
feet 6 inches in; height with a brown
moustache. He wore a soft brown hat,
and his appearance was that of a seedy
foreigner.
The assault occurred Just above the
residence of Mrs. M. J. Walsh, and
the people living in that neighborhood
say that he has been hanging around
for some time and has chased several
ladies. An attempt will be made by
the police to capture him.
Court of Burgesses.
A regular meeting of the Court of
Burgesses was held Monday evening,
Warden Sloan presiding. Burgesses
Fillow and McMullen were absent.
The following bills were ordered
paid: C. Callanan & Co., $5.50 ; W.
E. Dann, $3.40; Peter L. Guigue, $82;
D. Connelly, $63.87; John Cahill, $10.-
20; D. Deering, $15; Owen Shannon,
$9; F. FarrelL $5.25; W. H. Van Wag­ner,
$9.75; W. Fitzgerald, $1.50; Wil­liam
Ryan, $6; Owen Winn, $16.50;
Thomas Fitzgerald, $15; Bernard Feen-ey,
$12.75; M. Whalen, $15.75; R,
McGinnis, $44; J>. S. Curtis, $60;
James A. Partrick, $22.73; P. McGin­nis,
$3; D. S. Curtis, $11.25; Chatles
P. Addison, $8; J. A. Pinneo, $6.29;
T. J. Howard, $32; Wallace Dann,
$40; Lewis R. June, $18; George L.
Northrop, $32 ; Secretaiy of State, $5;
L. Burdick, $2; A. A. Martin, $32;
Fairfield County National Bank, $5;
Fairfield County Bank, $200; Norwalk
GAZETTE, $19.75; Charles N. Wood,
$72.62: William Sheldon, $1,218.43;
A. H. Byington, $25.
The report of the Chief of Police
was read and ordered pl&ced on file.
According to the report there Were 22
arrests last month of which number
four were women.
W. H. Olmstead presented a paper
signed by Charles E. St. John and
Frank H. Beers, stating that they had
no objection to Olmstead erecting a
house and barn on adjoining property
on Main street and Cross street, within
the fire limits.
John Dunlap asked as to what had
been done in the matter of the petition
for a light on the Step Rock road. On
motion of Burgess Chinery the com­mittee
on lights were ordered to have
a light placed at the point indicated in
the petition. .
The following resolution presented
by Burgess Sutherland was passed:
Resolved, That from this date no per­son
or corporation be permitted to dig
up or in any way open any portion of
any street or avenue in the borough of
Norwalk unless they have first pro­cured
a permit from the chairman of
the highway committee. This does not
refer to the repair force employed by
the Water Commissioners wno may be
obliged to dig up and repair broken
water, pipes from time to time.
The work of excavating and refilling
to be done under the direction of the
superintendent of sewers.
Burgesses Sutherland and Chinery
were appointed a committee to secure a
suitable place for the erecting of booths
and the polling of votes at the coming
city election.
The chairman of the fire committee
was authorized to have a fire alarm box
placed at the corner of PlattsyiUe ave­nue
and the New Canaan road.
Adjourned to Sept. 19th. ~ -
Important Loiters From tho Pope. '
LONDON, Sept. 5.—The Rome correspond­ent
of the United Press telegraphs that the
pope has written to Mgr. Satolli, papal
delegate to the United States, and Cardinal
Gibbons important confidential letters
with which Father" Frederick Hooker, vice
rector of the American college in Rome,
started on Friday for America. Father
Rooker'will deliver these letters personal'
ly to the cardinal and the apostolio dele­gate.
It is understood, says the corrc
spondent, that these letters are the dub"
come of reports which have reached the
pope concerning alleged opposition in NeW
York to Mgr. Satolli. ^
A Whole Family Incinerated.AiiT•*,[*s
LONDON, Sept. 5.—A family nafned Wall
were burned to death this morning in their
Shop in Hammersmith, a suburb of Low
don. The father, a widower, lived with his
four children oh the third floor of the build­ing
in which he carried on his trade. The
fire broke out early on the first floor. Wall
and-his children were at the front windows
appealing to the crowd : in the street tot
help. Ten minutes before the firemen
came all five had fallen back suffocated.'
feflst smallpox In New York, hir
NEW YORK, Sept. 5.—A physician report
ed to the health board last night that there
weiia several caees of smallpox, in the tene­ment
at 18ti Madison street. An .inspectoi
who went there found five persons sick
with the disease. They are John Murphy,
aged 84; Minnie Murphy, aged 4; Jacot
Stein, aged .7; Pauline Bernstein, aged (
months, and Isaac Sarden, aged 6 months.
• All the patients were taken to Riverside
hospital, and the usual precautions were
taken. . . ;
;The Picnic.
There was nearly if not quite four
thousand persons present at the picnic
given at the Fair Grounds under the
auspices of the Central Labor Union
of Norwalk, and it seems to be the
opinion of all that a more enjoyable
picnic was never held on those grounds.
The best of order was preserved, and
the different events were successfully
carried out. The grand stand was
crowded with men, women and children,
and the rail on either side of the jadges'
stand for hundreds of feet was fringed
with interested spectators. There was
also a orowd in the building where
dancing was indulged in to the music
of Heine's string band. Henry Gher-mann
prompted.
The Franklins and a picked nine
played a seven ^innings game of ball
which was strongly contested by both
nines with the result of a score of 2 to
0 in favor of the Franklins.
In the half mile foot race, eleven
started, and the prize winners were W.
J. Steeb, W. Dann, New Canaan and
J. Monohan of Branford. The time
was2:14f.
The one mile bicycle race for. the
championship of Fairfield County and
a $30 medal was won by Paul A. Ray­mond
of Greenwich, with H. W. Mer­rill,
2d, Ralph B. Gregory, 3d, and
Thomas L. Walsh, 4th.
Three prizes were offered in the one
hundred yard dash which was won by
Ross in 10 seconds with Steeb. second
and Gibbs third. •
There were four contestants in the
running high jump which was won by
James Kelly, who leaded over the
string at the 5 fget 4 inches notch.
The other winners were E. B. Robin­son
and L. Ford.
In the half mile bioycle race for boys
under 17 years, there Were eight start­ers.
They crossed the tape at the fin­ish
in the following order : Edward
Houseman, of New Haven, Harry L.
Bossa, of New Canaan, B. Merritt Pres-cott,
of New Haven, and L. W. Sulli­van.
The prizes were a silver pitcher
and goblet, student's camera, plush al­bum
and bicycle bell. Time, 1:16. In
this race. E. Penny of Southport,
claimed thftt he was fouled by Bossa, of
New Canaan, but the judges, after lis­tening
to testimony, did not allow the
claim to change their decision previ-oqsly
given.
A hundred and fifty yard running
race was substituted for the sack race.
Will Haff came in first, J. Monohan,
second and John Greenwood, third.
The one hundred yards slow bicycle
race was won by Fred. Rogers, time,
4:28. A. D. Ferris secured second
prize.
In the two milei invitation bicycle
race there were, three entries. Charlea
Thompson won first prize, Fred. Thomp­son
second and Charles Mott, third.
Frqjik Giovani took 1st prize in the
boys'root race; William McCann sec­ond
and P. Shannon, third.
C. F. Seeley and mates rode a triplet
bicycle against the world's record of
2:10, and made the mile in 2:25£.
In the Fat Men?s race James Kava­nagh
Won first.prize, Joseph Smith sec*
ond and Jaines Duffy, third.
Four prizes were offered in the one
mile bicycle handicap race. The win­ners
were .B. M. Prescott of New Ha­ven,
(110 yds.) E. Houseman, New Ha­ven,
(110 yds.) C. Ford Seeley, (scratch)
and Charles H. Youngs (105 yds.)
Seeley made the mile in 2:25 the fastest
time ever made on the Norwalk track.
The prizes were a silver tea set, hang­ing
lamp, silk umbrella and plush
rocker.
The winners in the one-half mile bi­cycle
flying start were Ralph B. Greg­ory,
H. W. Merrill, C. Ford Seeley and
Paul A* Raymond, The prizes were a
silver pitcher, tourist lamp, traveling
bag and bottle of perfume.
There were but four entries in the
three-legged race, James Mason being
tied up to John Clune and H. Petersen
having for a running mate J. O'Brien.
The Clune-Petersen combination won
inl4£.
The standing high jump was won by
S. B. Wakeman, who cleared the string
at 4 feet 10 inches. E. B. Robinson
won second prize and James Kelly
third. • .
In the ten mile handicap bicyole race
thirty-two riders started off to win first
prize. This race was a rattler and
caused much excitement. There were
several collisions during the race, in
which wheels were wrecked and the
riders received severe wounds. The
winners were: W. E. Bates, 1st, B. M.
PrescOtt, New Haven; H. A. Saunders,
Norwalk: E. R. Benedict, Norwalk;
Charles P. Stanbaoh, New York; E. P.
Bulkley, Southport; Fred. Borman,
Danbury; Fred. C.lHoyt, Bridgeport;
C. B. Lockwood, Yonkers; Ralph B.
Gregory, West Norwalk: Harry L.
Bossa, New Canaan; C. Ford Seeley,
Hartford; Thomas L. Walsh, Norwalk;
S. E. Campbell, New Haven; Frank
Blade. The best time was 26.55, made
by Fred Hoyt, of Bridgeport. The
prizes were: Gold stop watch, silver
pitcher (time prize), crayon portrait,
trousers to order, parlor lamp, pair
shoes, album, bicycle lamp, bicycle
bell, fountain pen, smoking set; hang­ing
lamp, cut glass cologne bottle, sil­ver
standard, pneumatic racing saddle,
gentleman's dressing «ase. v .
During this race there was a collision
in which H. E. Saunders was severely
wounded on his right arm besides re­ceiving
scratches on his legs. In the
same-collision E. Crossingham of New
Haven, suffered a wrecked wheel and
-cuts on his arm. E. R. Benedict also ,
toolra tumble with the bunch. In an­other
collision L. D. Whitteinore, of
Stamford, suffered severe scratches to
his arm. Sullivan collided with Gun-ther
and was quite badly hurt. John
McKelvey's wheel got fractious and
threw its rider, cutting his arpi and in­juring
his hip. The wheel was also
wrecked. . , „ .
Some of the riders accepted their
prizes udder - protest, a young man
named Prescott from New Haven be­ing
the leading kicker. _ t
The judgesi in the races were Dr. A.
N. 01ark> W. A. Curtis and J. P.
Tread well, and they gave their deci­sions
in an impartial manner.
B. J. Reynolds was clerk Of the
course and he performed his duties in
a thorough and painstaking manner.
Helms the GAZETTE reporter's thanks
for the many courtesies shown hiin. ..
Charles
State Shots.
,, 'i of Bethlehem, recently
disposed of af Jersey cow for $1,000.
The stockinet mills of Samuel Fitch, 'M :
Sons & Co., Rockville, closed in­definitely
Saturday night.
Harbison avenue chapel, Hartford,
was nearly destroyed by fire Saturday.
Loss $1,000, partially insured.
Attorney J. D. Toomey, Jr., has been
appointed prosecuting liquor agent at
Bridgeport, viceY. R. C. Giddings who „
will resign. ;
A Waterbury women drew $700 from
the savings bank and hid it in an ash
barrel. She went away from home and
some one stole it.
Mrs. Mary S. Hamlin, the oldest
person in New Britain, died at her
home on Locust street. Saturday, aged
93. She was the widow of 'Solomon
Edward Meuser, one of the best
known business men in Putnam,
dropped dead in his store at 11.30 Satur­day
forenoon. Heart disease was the
cause of his death.
Mrs. George Leavenworth of Hart­ford,
took an ounce of laudanum with
suicidal intent, on Friday. She was
given coffee and mustard and hot water
and her life was saved.
Three families of Middletown were
taken violently ill recently after eating
bluefish which had been purchased
from a street peddler, which it is be­lieved
were decayed and unfit for use. ;
Actor Lawrence P. Graham who was
arrested in Hartford Saturday on the
charge of forgery, was arrainged in
Willimantic. He pleaded guilty of two
charges of forgery apd was bound over
to the Superior court in $500 bonds on -
each count. He went to jail.
Chief Engineer Kiley of the New
London fire department died early Sun­day
morning from Bright's disease.
The deoeased was fifty-six years' old
and had been a member of the fire de­partment
forty years. He had the repu­tation
of being one of the best fire
fighters in Connecticut.
The announcement that the Equit- :
able Mortgage company of New York
had temporarily suspended may prove ^
a serious blow to many people in Mid­dlesex
county, this state. From $300,-
000 to $500,000 worth of the company's
debenture and mortgage- -bonds^ are
held in Middlesex county,while capital­ists
in New Haven hold $100,000 of the -
company. ®
Mrs. Nellie Stone, wife of City SJisr- , J
iff Stone,seriously stabbed her husband
Sunday, owing to jealousy. The sheriff 3
claims that -his wife is overfond of wine.
His wife attacked him with a carving
knife and in warding off the blow he : '•
was savagely cut on the hand. Two po­licemen
rushed in and took the knife
away fromithe woman. She was locked
up on the charge of drunkenness. v x,
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INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 4.—Frank Apply ar- :r
rived in . Michigan City harbor yesterday
bom Pawtucket, R. I. He rowed the en- 1
tire distance in an 18 foot aluminium boat. ; ^
He goes next to Chicago.
•:'-i"-; si 1
i English Investors Involred. a- ,: . " .
LONDON, Sept. 4.—The failure of tha •
Equitable Mortgage company of New
York involves £1,000,000 invested by Eng­lishmen
and secured by mortgages off farm
property in the United States. -
Dressmals-lns ClIILDlllZN'S DRESSES A SPECIALTY
MRS. H. I.. GRUMMAN,
f^EIigU Street, - - . Norwalk.
2L&2T0 LESSONS.
MBS. GEORGE W. BRADLEY (daughter
of the late Mr. Wm.R. Nash,) gives .effi-.-
cieni and satisfactory instructions on the .
Piano ather home, No. 193 Main Street, fti ;•
LOST.
•T OST—On Sunday night near First Con-
I J gregational churoh, a small black ribbon .
bag, containing two pairs of eye-glasses, The^,;
finder will be rewarded by leaving it at the:.
corner of Wall and Park streets, 684 tf •
LOST.—A small white dog with brown spots;
answers to ^name Of Don." Reward if
returned to SCOFIELD & HOYT. 688 tf
Boat inch or lesTsO BEN2. . 25 cts a Oav.ar $1,00 per week,.
T O RENT.—Three rooms at 27 Merwin St.,
at $4.75 per month. 683 3t
TO RENT.—Furnished Rooms. Inquire at
No. 51 Main street. 683 tf
T
O RENT.—A small house of 7 rooms on,
Butler street,. Inquire of JOHN FAHT.
85 lw
3no RENT.—4 small rooms on first floor to
L ' a small family. Inquire at store of S. O.
orton, 60 Belden avenue. . 682 tf.
TO RENT.—Second floor; five rooms with
water, at No. 11 High street. Rent $8,00.
Inquire of TATT BBOS., Clothiers, Wall street. ,
678 tf
TO RENT—Cheap, house and barn on the
shore road. Inquire of HANIIOK BBOS. 34tf
TO RENT.—Lower floor No. 1 Cross street.
Apply to F. ST. JOHN LOOKWOOD, Trustee;
. . 84tf.
TO R E N T.—Pleasant suite of rooms OIL
second floor, at No. 5 Camtf street, Apply
tO C. T. CDBNWA£L. ~ 81 tf
nio RENT.—Four rooms in the Hadden JL building, corner of Wall and River streets.-
Rent, 17. Inquire-on the preMses. 665 tf'
T
IO RENT.—First floor of No. 4 Elm street,.
also bars, Apply to O. E. WILSON, 634 tf
Half iiicJi£o r lesFs,O B SALE 25 cts a dot/, or $l,00j>er toeele,
TTlOK SALE.—A neat little cottage of seven ;
C rooms on Union Plaoe, ana three min-ates'walk
to Borougt Post-office and Depot* :
Price $2,500, $1,000 of which can remain j>ermt»
<aently and only $500required to be paid down
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Senator • Slier man's Speech.
Senator Sherman's speech delivered
f i in the Senate last week will attract wide
;?. attention and both parties will give
great weight to the exposition by the
-veteran statesman and finanoier of the
situation and his views as to what ought
to be done to relieve it.
js® fie points out clearly, the truth, that
our recent troubles cannot , properly be
' f all chftrged to the law bearing his
x name, but he favors repeal because he
^ believes such action will help bring the
desired relief. He shows that free coin-
- age ufeans silver monometallism and
V can mean nothing else, and urges that
the Secretary of the Treasury should
_ ^ be authorized to sell bonds to secure
gold whenever necessary to maintain
the parity between the two money met­als.
It is a. strong speech, in refresh­ing
contrast for its clear, plain, com*
mon sense presentment of the case
with the woefully muddled spouting we
i have had from the mere politicians.
," More Clips from the World.
. The New York World certainly breaks
all records for a party organ. Its
methods of supporting President Cleve­land
and his administration are cer­tainly
peculiar and bewildering. Mon­day's
paper-has such quie ting '•*?. con*
fidence inspiring sentiments as these :
> The danger is now imminent. The
' available cash in the Treasury is fast
disappearing. If Congress does not
provide ways and means for increasing
the revenues the Treasury must default.
Expenditures are increasing and rev­enues
fire falling off.
The problem before Congress is not
to discover the responsibility but to
work "out a remedy. According to the
present rate of otitgo and income, ex­penditures
for the current fiscal year
will amount to $426,000,0001 while the
receipts wtfll.beonly $330,000;000.
}r;The MtuR^onf is v^ry sferious.
* It is now in order for Benjamin Har­rison
to express an opinion on the
President's management of the popu­lar
end of the "wild team."
- *
Lessons of Labor Day.
.. Although the army of the unem­ployed
is distressingly large, the toil­ing
masses who yesterday celebrated
Labor Day have,: despite present con­ditions,
much reason for hope and faith
in the certainty of returning prosperity
to thiB great and powerful nation.
There is a hopeful significance in this
very holiday. Labor Day is the token
of a wider recognition of the identity
of interest which Exists between the
workmaii and his employer. It is a
day dedicated by law fo the cause of
the toiler, whose rights and privileges
are year by year attaining to a higher-respect
and ai broader dignity in the
affairs of the world.
The progress made by the cause of
American labor in recent years is a
most significant and encouraging sign
of the times. This is conspicuously
shown in. the legislation designed to
remedy the grievances, protect, the
rights and advance the condition of
wage earners. Every year laws have
been passed "for that purpose. Labor
Day itself signalizes the State's recog­nition
of the dignity of labor and the
advance of the cause in popular senti­ment
and sympathy.
It should never be forgotten that
theee are the achievements of law abid­ing
demand.
During the last few months the whole
American people' have had av painful
experience. We have felt both poor
and depressed. The agpnies \yhich
business men have endured v&rold
moisten the-eyes of angels; with pity.
Scores of brave souls with families de-
||;, ' pendent on them have fought with the
- courage of a forlorn hope. Daughters,
f" v hurled from the drawing room to pov-
. erty, sons taken from" college and high
prospects, are not matters to be looked
fifv % upon with indifference, iw.enty years
Si of successful business, toppling o& the
edge of the chasm! The careful? sav-
"k ings of a lifetime blown away like a
& niiBt in a whirlwind. And the same is
true of the wage earners. They want
bread, but there can be no bread with-out
work. A mill shut down is like an
, avalanche that buries them. There
may be-money enough somewhere, but
Illfil money hid away is moti&y lost. When
., the rich hold on to their cash the poor
1 .. must suffer. '
" Despite all this, our country is yet
I: rich and powerful, and no deserving
, law abiding son or daughter of toil
need suffer for food. There are many
hopeful omens of brighter days to come
already gilding the ^businew horizon.
Take courage all. /, <
TERSE TALES OF THE T'MES.
The weather on Labor Diay, was " as
rare as a day in June." V i
Mrs. William Sheehan is very sick as
is also Mrs. James D. Shea. ,
Frost was visible in the lowlands
about town, early Sunday morning
%;i—Hale's Cordial 25c., cures all bowel
troubles.' " - * . t 33tf ,
The September term of the Court of
Common Pleas opened in Bridgeport,
to-day. ,
The pablio schools re-opened to-day,
and may the good Lord watch over and
p r o t e c t t h e t e a c h e r s . j ' y
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Par trie of Jersey
City Heights, are in town, the guests of
Mr. Partric's parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Perrin and
child of New York city are guests of
Mrs. Stiles Curtis on the Green.. ,
The gate prizes of the Labor-day
picnic will be announced after the
meeting of the picnic committee.
George Lockwood, on Saturday, paid
a fine of $2 and costs for an assault on
Chester Lamar, at Wilson Point.
William H. Olmstead proposes erect­ing
a two-story frame house on Main
street, adjoining the Frank H. Beers
place. . '
Hon. John S. and Mrs. Seymour had
the genial Col.. Osborn of the New
Haven Register^ as their guest on the
-3rd inst. ^ ;
Builder S. B. Wilson left for Chicago
and the World's Fair to-day. His busi­ness,
during his absence, is in charge
of his son. ' f
Mrs. C. A. French, of Fort Edward,
N. Y., is visiting her daughter Miss Eva
L. French, at the Piatt residence on
Maple street. .
.Deputy Sheriff Toner has subpoenaed
John F. Darrow and William H. Saun­ders
for jury, duty before the Court of
Common Pleas.
Connecticut pensions : Additional—
James Fenton, Cheshire, New Haven.
Original widows, etc.—Martha A. Ham,
Bockville, Tolland.
President Henry Sanford of Adams
Express Co., expects to leave his
Bridgeport home to-morrow for a tour
of Europe, with his family. - /
A box for the reception of the Press
World's Fair ballots intended for Com­rade
William A. Kellogg has been
placed in the post office lobby.
There are thousands who go daily
without food. Bemember there are
10,000 hungry people suffering at the
very second of time your eye runs
down this column.
Among the cases assigned for trial be­fore
the present term of the Court of
Common Pleas is that of the State vs.
Andrew Haley, State vs. William Law-lor
and State vs. Mrs. Mary Silk.
William B. Knight and Miss Pe$rl A.
Lloyd,were married inZanesville, Wis.,
on Monday, Aug. 28th. The bride is
the' eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin C. Lloyd, formerly of Norwalk.
One of the noble old maples which
has shaded the M. E. Church so many
years from the hot rays of summer s
rising sunsj was cut down yesterday,
close to the ground, because of decay.
Mrs. Charlotte C. Ferry and daugh­ter
Miss Mary of Washington D. C. who
have been sojourning at Pigeon Cove
and are now at Pittsfield, Mass, expect
to reach Norwalk the latter part of the
present week and will be guests at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. O. C.
Betts on the Green.
Th^ smile is gone from the childish face, tnd the glee from the childish heart,
nd their steps lag, oh so wearily, ^
All because the schools their v
Faii .
* Campaign
, .w- , < Do
Start.
Mrs. .George B. St. John has returned
from her prolonged visit to Washing­ton,
in grand old Litchfield County.
Among the other delights of her so­journ
there was that of listening to ser­mons
again from her friend and for­mer
pastor, Bev. Edward Anderson,
who was also spending his vacation
there with Mrs. Anderson, and who we
regret to learn is very much out of
health. , '
—Lamb chops, 15e, People's Market.
V 680 tf
There was a five dollar fire on Main
street,Saturday afternoon. Dick Mitch­ell
stood in front of the Norwalk Fur­niture
store, talking with Dr. Wendell.
He had an umbrella in his hand. Feel­ing
an unusual warmth about his hand
he glanced down and saw a flame of
fire shooting up the handle of the um­brella,
but too late to save it. How it
caught fire is a mystery that "Dick"
has not solved. - -
The board of Fairfield County direc­tors
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
met in Bridgeport, on Sunday. Mr.
Lynch of Stamford, was elected county
treasurer, John J. O'Neil, secretary,
and John Kelly, T. J. Byrnes and Mr.
Sullivan of Danbury finance commit­tee.
The delegates from South Nor­walk
were: John F. Burke, Timothy
Maher, James H. Magner, John L.­Kelly
and Dennis O'Brien, and from
Norwalk,. Timothy J. Byrnes, P, A.
Murphy, P. B. Kavanagh, Mr. Carney
and John H. Gormley. . : j ^
The Alpha Wheel olub will hold a
regular meeting to-night.
—Oysters, jn every style, at James
M Creagh's, 8 Main street, u-g 684-tf
The Fairfield County Tennis tourney
opens at Bridgeport, to-day. .
A wheel of one of Partrick's sprink­ling
carts came off on Wall street this
morning. : ^ :
The life of the venerable Capt. Isaac
Selleck continues to "as gently fade
away as a departing rainbow's ray."
Lovers of *' cake tha t is cake ""Will
find it to their interest to visit the
Graoe churoh guild room to-morrow af­ternoon.'
; . • - . •
John Slatte'ry was fined $5 and costs,
this morning for an assanlt on Louis
Gasello, the Main street "peanuter and
bananaer." ,
Officer George Northrop will leave
for a week's visit with his brother
Charles Northrop at North Pownal,
"Vermont.
—The ladies of Grace Church Guild
will hold a Cake Sale in the Guild room
Wednesday afternoon, Sept., 6th, from
4 until 6 o'clock.
A horse and buggy was found at the
Fair Grounds after the picnic, Monday
night. It was placed in Lockwood's
stables for safe keeping..
Alfred Mills was arrested Monday on
the charge of burglary committed in
Winnipauk, some time since. He will
be given a hearing this evening.
Ponassus Council, Royal Arcanum,
No. 1268, will meet at the O.. U. A. M.
hall, to-night. Members of the South
Norwalk lodge will be present. _
The registrars of the First voting dis­trict
will be in session at the office of
C. B. Coolidge on Thursday afternoon
Sept. 23d from 2 until 2 o'clock, for the
purpose of revising the voting list of
that district. .
Thomas Halloran fell out of a wagon
at Broad River, Saturday evening, and
struck his head on a stone. He was
.brought to a store on Main street,
where it was found that he had sustain­ed
a serious cut on his head. He was
transferred to the hospital where the
wound was dressed by Dr. Gregory.
Dr. Lorenzo N. Phinney left this
morning for Washington, to attend the
Pan-American Medical Congress now
in session there. An interesting fea­ture
of theiSSngress will be the meet­ing
of medical officers of the Union
and Confederate service who served
during the late war. Dr. Phinney en­tered
the service as assistant surgeon
to the 193rd Regiment of New York
Volunteers, and the last year of the
war was surgeon-in-chief of the Dis­trict
of the Shenandoah.
As Suns Last Night.
A passer by at the door of last night's
meeting of the Court of Burgesses re­ports
having heard sung, in tones at
onoe pathetio and melodious, the old
refrain:
" Oh, Billy, we have misied you," etc.
Repabliean Gains In JTrance.
LONDON, Sept. 5.—A dispatch from Paris
to the Central News says that in the second
ballots in France yesterday 141 Republicans,
11 "Rallied" and 8 Conservatives were'
elected. The Republicans gttiiied 20 Kent.*
Held For Uxm'iclde.
BROOKLYN, Sept. 5.—Patrick Mc.Gee, a
truckman, 38 years of of 371 Knicker­bocker
avenue, William; burg, was held
without bail to answer a charge of homi­cide
in' the Ewen street police court today,
The wife of the defendant, Bridget, 25
years old, diod in St. Catlierinc-'s hospital
ye^terdiy morning from injuries which
she sfti.1 had been inflicted by her husband.
I'artholdf, the Sculptor,
NEW YORK, Sept. 5.—M. B&r;lioldi, on
the invitation of Mr. A. B. de Freece, vis«
ited some newspaper offices today. A ser­enade
was given by Mr. de Freece to M.
Bartboldi at the Hotel Martin-just before
midnight tonight. "La Marseillaise" and
other appropriate airs were rendered by the
Ninth Regiment band of 80 pieces. *
A Circus Man's Victim.
WHEELING, Sept. 5.—-Policeman George
Murphy of Martin's Ferry, O., -who was
shot Friday evening in the riot with circus
men at that place, died from the effect of
his wounds at 2:30 o'clock this morning.
William Wilson, who fired the fatal shot,
is in jail at Martin's Ferry.
An Aged Fill more Dead.
BUFFALO, Sept. 5.—Mrs. Lavinia Fill­more,
probably the oldest resident of New
York state, died yesterday in the town of
Clarence, this county, aged 106 years. She
was the wife of the clergyman who officii
ated at the hanging of the three Thayersin
this city in 1825, and her husband was a rel­ative
of President Fillmore.
Hoping Against Hope.
NEW YORK, Sept. 5.—Nothing has been
heard of the Alvo, the missing steamer of
the Atlas line, which runs to the West In­dies.
Today is the nineteenth day out for
the ship, and she ought to have made her
voyage in six days. The agents here. S. Curtis, $60;
James A. Partrick, $22.73; P. McGin­nis,
$3; D. S. Curtis, $11.25; Chatles
P. Addison, $8; J. A. Pinneo, $6.29;
T. J. Howard, $32; Wallace Dann,
$40; Lewis R. June, $18; George L.
Northrop, $32 ; Secretaiy of State, $5;
L. Burdick, $2; A. A. Martin, $32;
Fairfield County National Bank, $5;
Fairfield County Bank, $200; Norwalk
GAZETTE, $19.75; Charles N. Wood,
$72.62: William Sheldon, $1,218.43;
A. H. Byington, $25.
The report of the Chief of Police
was read and ordered pl&ced on file.
According to the report there Were 22
arrests last month of which number
four were women.
W. H. Olmstead presented a paper
signed by Charles E. St. John and
Frank H. Beers, stating that they had
no objection to Olmstead erecting a
house and barn on adjoining property
on Main street and Cross street, within
the fire limits.
John Dunlap asked as to what had
been done in the matter of the petition
for a light on the Step Rock road. On
motion of Burgess Chinery the com­mittee
on lights were ordered to have
a light placed at the point indicated in
the petition. .
The following resolution presented
by Burgess Sutherland was passed:
Resolved, That from this date no per­son
or corporation be permitted to dig
up or in any way open any portion of
any street or avenue in the borough of
Norwalk unless they have first pro­cured
a permit from the chairman of
the highway committee. This does not
refer to the repair force employed by
the Water Commissioners wno may be
obliged to dig up and repair broken
water, pipes from time to time.
The work of excavating and refilling
to be done under the direction of the
superintendent of sewers.
Burgesses Sutherland and Chinery
were appointed a committee to secure a
suitable place for the erecting of booths
and the polling of votes at the coming
city election.
The chairman of the fire committee
was authorized to have a fire alarm box
placed at the corner of PlattsyiUe ave­nue
and the New Canaan road.
Adjourned to Sept. 19th. ~ -
Important Loiters From tho Pope. '
LONDON, Sept. 5.—The Rome correspond­ent
of the United Press telegraphs that the
pope has written to Mgr. Satolli, papal
delegate to the United States, and Cardinal
Gibbons important confidential letters
with which Father" Frederick Hooker, vice
rector of the American college in Rome,
started on Friday for America. Father
Rooker'will deliver these letters personal'
ly to the cardinal and the apostolio dele­gate.
It is understood, says the corrc
spondent, that these letters are the dub"
come of reports which have reached the
pope concerning alleged opposition in NeW
York to Mgr. Satolli. ^
A Whole Family Incinerated.AiiT•*,[*s
LONDON, Sept. 5.—A family nafned Wall
were burned to death this morning in their
Shop in Hammersmith, a suburb of Low
don. The father, a widower, lived with his
four children oh the third floor of the build­ing
in which he carried on his trade. The
fire broke out early on the first floor. Wall
and-his children were at the front windows
appealing to the crowd : in the street tot
help. Ten minutes before the firemen
came all five had fallen back suffocated.'
feflst smallpox In New York, hir
NEW YORK, Sept. 5.—A physician report
ed to the health board last night that there
weiia several caees of smallpox, in the tene­ment
at 18ti Madison street. An .inspectoi
who went there found five persons sick
with the disease. They are John Murphy,
aged 84; Minnie Murphy, aged 4; Jacot
Stein, aged .7; Pauline Bernstein, aged (
months, and Isaac Sarden, aged 6 months.
• All the patients were taken to Riverside
hospital, and the usual precautions were
taken. . . ;
;The Picnic.
There was nearly if not quite four
thousand persons present at the picnic
given at the Fair Grounds under the
auspices of the Central Labor Union
of Norwalk, and it seems to be the
opinion of all that a more enjoyable
picnic was never held on those grounds.
The best of order was preserved, and
the different events were successfully
carried out. The grand stand was
crowded with men, women and children,
and the rail on either side of the jadges'
stand for hundreds of feet was fringed
with interested spectators. There was
also a orowd in the building where
dancing was indulged in to the music
of Heine's string band. Henry Gher-mann
prompted.
The Franklins and a picked nine
played a seven ^innings game of ball
which was strongly contested by both
nines with the result of a score of 2 to
0 in favor of the Franklins.
In the half mile foot race, eleven
started, and the prize winners were W.
J. Steeb, W. Dann, New Canaan and
J. Monohan of Branford. The time
was2:14f.
The one mile bicycle race for. the
championship of Fairfield County and
a $30 medal was won by Paul A. Ray­mond
of Greenwich, with H. W. Mer­rill,
2d, Ralph B. Gregory, 3d, and
Thomas L. Walsh, 4th.
Three prizes were offered in the one
hundred yard dash which was won by
Ross in 10 seconds with Steeb. second
and Gibbs third. •
There were four contestants in the
running high jump which was won by
James Kelly, who leaded over the
string at the 5 fget 4 inches notch.
The other winners were E. B. Robin­son
and L. Ford.
In the half mile bioycle race for boys
under 17 years, there Were eight start­ers.
They crossed the tape at the fin­ish
in the following order : Edward
Houseman, of New Haven, Harry L.
Bossa, of New Canaan, B. Merritt Pres-cott,
of New Haven, and L. W. Sulli­van.
The prizes were a silver pitcher
and goblet, student's camera, plush al­bum
and bicycle bell. Time, 1:16. In
this race. E. Penny of Southport,
claimed thftt he was fouled by Bossa, of
New Canaan, but the judges, after lis­tening
to testimony, did not allow the
claim to change their decision previ-oqsly
given.
A hundred and fifty yard running
race was substituted for the sack race.
Will Haff came in first, J. Monohan,
second and John Greenwood, third.
The one hundred yards slow bicycle
race was won by Fred. Rogers, time,
4:28. A. D. Ferris secured second
prize.
In the two milei invitation bicycle
race there were, three entries. Charlea
Thompson won first prize, Fred. Thomp­son
second and Charles Mott, third.
Frqjik Giovani took 1st prize in the
boys'root race; William McCann sec­ond
and P. Shannon, third.
C. F. Seeley and mates rode a triplet
bicycle against the world's record of
2:10, and made the mile in 2:25£.
In the Fat Men?s race James Kava­nagh
Won first.prize, Joseph Smith sec*
ond and Jaines Duffy, third.
Four prizes were offered in the one
mile bicycle handicap race. The win­ners
were .B. M. Prescott of New Ha­ven,
(110 yds.) E. Houseman, New Ha­ven,
(110 yds.) C. Ford Seeley, (scratch)
and Charles H. Youngs (105 yds.)
Seeley made the mile in 2:25 the fastest
time ever made on the Norwalk track.
The prizes were a silver tea set, hang­ing
lamp, silk umbrella and plush
rocker.
The winners in the one-half mile bi­cycle
flying start were Ralph B. Greg­ory,
H. W. Merrill, C. Ford Seeley and
Paul A* Raymond, The prizes were a
silver pitcher, tourist lamp, traveling
bag and bottle of perfume.
There were but four entries in the
three-legged race, James Mason being
tied up to John Clune and H. Petersen
having for a running mate J. O'Brien.
The Clune-Petersen combination won
inl4£.
The standing high jump was won by
S. B. Wakeman, who cleared the string
at 4 feet 10 inches. E. B. Robinson
won second prize and James Kelly
third. • .
In the ten mile handicap bicyole race
thirty-two riders started off to win first
prize. This race was a rattler and
caused much excitement. There were
several collisions during the race, in
which wheels were wrecked and the
riders received severe wounds. The
winners were: W. E. Bates, 1st, B. M.
PrescOtt, New Haven; H. A. Saunders,
Norwalk: E. R. Benedict, Norwalk;
Charles P. Stanbaoh, New York; E. P.
Bulkley, Southport; Fred. Borman,
Danbury; Fred. C.lHoyt, Bridgeport;
C. B. Lockwood, Yonkers; Ralph B.
Gregory, West Norwalk: Harry L.
Bossa, New Canaan; C. Ford Seeley,
Hartford; Thomas L. Walsh, Norwalk;
S. E. Campbell, New Haven; Frank
Blade. The best time was 26.55, made
by Fred Hoyt, of Bridgeport. The
prizes were: Gold stop watch, silver
pitcher (time prize), crayon portrait,
trousers to order, parlor lamp, pair
shoes, album, bicycle lamp, bicycle
bell, fountain pen, smoking set; hang­ing
lamp, cut glass cologne bottle, sil­ver
standard, pneumatic racing saddle,
gentleman's dressing «ase. v .
During this race there was a collision
in which H. E. Saunders was severely
wounded on his right arm besides re­ceiving
scratches on his legs. In the
same-collision E. Crossingham of New
Haven, suffered a wrecked wheel and
-cuts on his arm. E. R. Benedict also ,
toolra tumble with the bunch. In an­other
collision L. D. Whitteinore, of
Stamford, suffered severe scratches to
his arm. Sullivan collided with Gun-ther
and was quite badly hurt. John
McKelvey's wheel got fractious and
threw its rider, cutting his arpi and in­juring
his hip. The wheel was also
wrecked. . , „ .
Some of the riders accepted their
prizes udder - protest, a young man
named Prescott from New Haven be­ing
the leading kicker. _ t
The judgesi in the races were Dr. A.
N. 01ark> W. A. Curtis and J. P.
Tread well, and they gave their deci­sions
in an impartial manner.
B. J. Reynolds was clerk Of the
course and he performed his duties in
a thorough and painstaking manner.
Helms the GAZETTE reporter's thanks
for the many courtesies shown hiin. ..
Charles
State Shots.
,, 'i of Bethlehem, recently
disposed of af Jersey cow for $1,000.
The stockinet mills of Samuel Fitch, 'M :
Sons & Co., Rockville, closed in­definitely
Saturday night.
Harbison avenue chapel, Hartford,
was nearly destroyed by fire Saturday.
Loss $1,000, partially insured.
Attorney J. D. Toomey, Jr., has been
appointed prosecuting liquor agent at
Bridgeport, viceY. R. C. Giddings who „
will resign. ;
A Waterbury women drew $700 from
the savings bank and hid it in an ash
barrel. She went away from home and
some one stole it.
Mrs. Mary S. Hamlin, the oldest
person in New Britain, died at her
home on Locust street. Saturday, aged
93. She was the widow of 'Solomon
Edward Meuser, one of the best
known business men in Putnam,
dropped dead in his store at 11.30 Satur­day
forenoon. Heart disease was the
cause of his death.
Mrs. George Leavenworth of Hart­ford,
took an ounce of laudanum with
suicidal intent, on Friday. She was
given coffee and mustard and hot water
and her life was saved.
Three families of Middletown were
taken violently ill recently after eating
bluefish which had been purchased
from a street peddler, which it is be­lieved
were decayed and unfit for use. ;
Actor Lawrence P. Graham who was
arrested in Hartford Saturday on the
charge of forgery, was arrainged in
Willimantic. He pleaded guilty of two
charges of forgery apd was bound over
to the Superior court in $500 bonds on -
each count. He went to jail.
Chief Engineer Kiley of the New
London fire department died early Sun­day
morning from Bright's disease.
The deoeased was fifty-six years' old
and had been a member of the fire de­partment
forty years. He had the repu­tation
of being one of the best fire
fighters in Connecticut.
The announcement that the Equit- :
able Mortgage company of New York
had temporarily suspended may prove ^
a serious blow to many people in Mid­dlesex
county, this state. From $300,-
000 to $500,000 worth of the company's
debenture and mortgage- -bonds^ are
held in Middlesex county,while capital­ists
in New Haven hold $100,000 of the -
company. ®
Mrs. Nellie Stone, wife of City SJisr- , J
iff Stone,seriously stabbed her husband
Sunday, owing to jealousy. The sheriff 3
claims that -his wife is overfond of wine.
His wife attacked him with a carving
knife and in warding off the blow he : '•
was savagely cut on the hand. Two po­licemen
rushed in and took the knife
away fromithe woman. She was locked
up on the charge of drunkenness. v x,
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INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 4.—Frank Apply ar- :r
rived in . Michigan City harbor yesterday
bom Pawtucket, R. I. He rowed the en- 1
tire distance in an 18 foot aluminium boat. ; ^
He goes next to Chicago.
•:'-i"-; si 1
i English Investors Involred. a- ,: . " .
LONDON, Sept. 4.—The failure of tha •
Equitable Mortgage company of New
York involves £1,000,000 invested by Eng­lishmen
and secured by mortgages off farm
property in the United States. -
Dressmals-lns ClIILDlllZN'S DRESSES A SPECIALTY
MRS. H. I.. GRUMMAN,
f^EIigU Street, - - . Norwalk.
2L&2T0 LESSONS.
MBS. GEORGE W. BRADLEY (daughter
of the late Mr. Wm.R. Nash,) gives .effi-.-
cieni and satisfactory instructions on the .
Piano ather home, No. 193 Main Street, fti ;•
LOST.
•T OST—On Sunday night near First Con-
I J gregational churoh, a small black ribbon .
bag, containing two pairs of eye-glasses, The^,;
finder will be rewarded by leaving it at the:.
corner of Wall and Park streets, 684 tf •
LOST.—A small white dog with brown spots;
answers to ^name Of Don." Reward if
returned to SCOFIELD & HOYT. 688 tf
Boat inch or lesTsO BEN2. . 25 cts a Oav.ar $1,00 per week,.
T O RENT.—Three rooms at 27 Merwin St.,
at $4.75 per month. 683 3t
TO RENT.—Furnished Rooms. Inquire at
No. 51 Main street. 683 tf
T
O RENT.—A small house of 7 rooms on,
Butler street,. Inquire of JOHN FAHT.
85 lw
3no RENT.—4 small rooms on first floor to
L ' a small family. Inquire at store of S. O.
orton, 60 Belden avenue. . 682 tf.
TO RENT.—Second floor; five rooms with
water, at No. 11 High street. Rent $8,00.
Inquire of TATT BBOS., Clothiers, Wall street. ,
678 tf
TO RENT—Cheap, house and barn on the
shore road. Inquire of HANIIOK BBOS. 34tf
TO RENT.—Lower floor No. 1 Cross street.
Apply to F. ST. JOHN LOOKWOOD, Trustee;
. . 84tf.
TO R E N T.—Pleasant suite of rooms OIL
second floor, at No. 5 Camtf street, Apply
tO C. T. CDBNWA£L. ~ 81 tf
nio RENT.—Four rooms in the Hadden JL building, corner of Wall and River streets.-
Rent, 17. Inquire-on the preMses. 665 tf'
T
IO RENT.—First floor of No. 4 Elm street,.
also bars, Apply to O. E. WILSON, 634 tf
Half iiicJi£o r lesFs,O B SALE 25 cts a dot/, or $l,00j>er toeele,
TTlOK SALE.—A neat little cottage of seven ;
C rooms on Union Plaoe, ana three min-ates'walk
to Borougt Post-office and Depot* :
Price $2,500, $1,000 of which can remain j>ermt»
lytOOHA8IiB8 O&KSTBAD Aft.